Sikh Girls Who Do Not Cut Their Head Hair, But Remove All Other Hair on Their Bodies

Hello all

as a new member of this, a question which i always think about is people's views on girls that keep the hair that is on the head, but remove all other hair...do people think that they should just remove all hair instead of keepin their kess only? or do they think it is a bigger commitment keeping their head hair?
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i ask this question as a Sikh girl, who keeps her head hair, but removes all other hair - legs, arms etc. i am wondering what peoples view on this situation would be, as i do not know whether keeping the hair on my head is worthwhile as i remove all other hair.
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also, could anybody who has any literature on the issue of hair and its removal please send me it and tell me exactly where it says we should keep our hair in the guru granth sahib.

it is a growing dillemma within England, as girls remove all hair but that that is on their head and as a confused sikh girl, i am asking for advice on the situation.

thank you

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Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh

Where it be your head, arms, legs, eye brows.... hair is hair.
As per SIKHI... we are not to remove hair, that means anywhere on the body.
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As far as others opinions go, i dont think you should not be worried about what other people think. People only judge because they have an ego problem that may need to be resolved hehe. Do what you feel is right in your heart...and move on. Yes keeping your hair is important, but building that relationship with WAHEGURU is number one. All else comes second, if your relationship with him has not reached the level, who are people to judge whether you are right or wrong. Some people ma say " oh she is a hypocrit... keeping her head hair but not her legs/ arms".. but you know what.... WHO CARES WHAT THEY THINK..if Waheguru permits you will one day keep all hair but until then keep what you have and work on what you don't.
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Haha i hope that answered your questions.. kind of all over the place with my so called "thoughts". FOr references... ill send them once i have more time.
Bhul Chuk Maaf karni

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh

hi, i felt like inputting.

I have actually red something about some women's (purataan perhaps) rehit (please be open minded with this) with other body hair being allowed to be removed except head hair, also there was something to with the rehit being made more liberal due to child-rearing responsibilities
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I have been trying to find out more about this, but have been unsuccessful at present...

The body is a like a garden, it flows with the nectar of goodness, the blood of our forefathers and other matter consumed upon the earth. As with a garden it requires maintenance and grooming. Whilst remaining mindful to resist overindulgence and preoccupation with external face value and appearance daily grooming is a matter of respect for the body temples as daily recitation of Morning Prayer cleanses and attunes the mind toward the higher consciousness whilst going about our daily chores and responsibilities.
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Sikh girls similar to the Italian and Greek are found at times to be little furballs. Whilst tresses are a woman’s crowning glory, superfluous hair on face or excessive hair on the body is unsightly and if found to provoke self consciousness can be removed. It is a personal matter entirely, yet forcing girls and ladies to retain facial or heavy body hair is unfair and unsightly. As a flower garden requires tendering, Beauty shines from within when weeded from without ...

No hair should be removed whether man or woman. Talk about bending and twisting Hukams. It's too much waking up 2 in the morning for amrit vaylaa, so I guess it's superflous for me to wake up this early. Sikhs are not flower gardens they are the lotus flower.

WEll, I disagree with the comparison of the human body with a garden. Hair does not grow like grass and flowers and grass. It can be managed without cutting whereas a garden becomes a habitat for critters if you don't cut the grass. On the other hand, hair doesnt do that. If it does become infected with critters they can be removed using other methods not involving the cutting of hair.

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Sikh girls similar to the Italian and Greek are found at times to be little furballs. Whilst tresses are a woman’s crowning glory, superfluous hair on face or excessive hair on the body is unsightly and if found to provoke self consciousness can be removed. It is a personal matter entirely, yet forcing girls and ladies to retain facial or heavy body hair is unfair and unsightly. As a flower garden requires tendering, Beauty shines from within when weeded from without ...

I agree with this. I think we should let this trend continue but try to inhibit it at its roots... the media...
dun dun dun

The rehit was written by men... does that tell you something?
And the rehit was NOT written by the Gurus. Does that also not say something?
Sri Guru Granth Sahib is above these matters. It deals with more important things than talking about hair.

Actually what i said is a crucial point when "Bhagat Singh" speaks on Gurbani or rehit. what i said is apart of the issue. Why debate with anyone that says Gurbani is maya. This point is the essence of the discusion and can't be ignored and needs to be told to every formula member that it was said by this member and refused to apalogize even after given the chance. If i was the one who said something this harsh toward Gurbani I would tell Aman Singh ji to never let me write on this discussion board ever again. In Gurdwara Committees if a member says anything bad toward Gurbani or the Gurus they are automatically kicked out. The Gurus held Gurbani even higher than them. Something to think about!

I'm actually helping members by giving them this information. It saves them their time, effort, and a headache to debate that will lead no where, but only let this member continue the bashing of Sikhi.

BhagatSingh Ji – A garden grows flowers, vegetable, trees and tropical foliage. If is not regulary weeded the weeds grow profusely and strangle the flowers, poison and disease the vegetables and fruit, and hell ensues. For this reason it must be diligently tended and with discrimination, as some horticultural novices find some difficult in discerning weeds from greenery. ....

There remains a threat and danger of eastern society and spirituality being eroded by American type fixation upon outward appearance with absolute disregard for matters spiritual. A quagmire of the sinful, misguided, and driven by greed anti culture spends trillions a year on radical surgery make over’s, enhancement and physical alterations to accomplish an appearance of beauty that remains as elusive for all their endeavour and striving.
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Emancipation, so called liberation and freedom of speech and will are laughable terms given consideration to the struggle, need, craving and want that grows in direct correlation with the discarding of any morality, civilisation, respectability, values and virtue discarded and sacrificed at the later of a vicarious and vociferous media seeking to profit from the contrived and engineered demands of a public desperately seeking its soul, a beauty and truth...

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I vehemently disagree with Singh above me. The danger of feminism and man hating women is almost at times equal to the insecure attitude oppressive men have towards women and the counterproductive stance this opportune the aforementioned.

Virtuous women of devotion to father and brethren have an inner beauty far surpassing any glitzed muse. It is a beauty that gives forth light to its brethren and we have no desire to see it devalued or made an object of criticism by the neglect of such routine grooming. ***